Kilts on St. Patrick's Day??

[Laird O'the Cowcaddens]

Gon yersel son, a truer word has never been spoken

[CameronTaylor]

I've seen many lads kilted in Ireland, many of us wear our kilt on St Patty's anyway, John Jameson was a Scot too.
Quoth Nike: Just Do It.


CT - black leather or California

[The Barry]

I'll be in my Irish National, and will be connecting with more than a couple of other kilties to take in the festivities.

Kilt on, brother!

[Highlander31]

Go ahead and wear the kilt. I'll be in my MacGregor of Cardney (AKA Hunting.)

[Frank McGrath]

Since the McGraths were bounced around between Scotland and Ireland, when asked if I'm Irish or Scot, I tell them weekdays I'm a Scot and weekends Irish. So, I will be a the concert, kilted, Fri and Sat, At the parade on Sunday, kilted, and going out on tuesday night also kilted.

[GMan]

Have you noticed a trend here? By all means be Kilted!!!

[PiobBear]

...there is a very similar, and less practical, traditional Irish garment called a lein. It was like a mix between a kilt and a Roman tunic, with really baggy sleeves.

The leine was a long voluminous linen shirt, often saffron colored, sometimes highly embroidered. While of necessity pleated, it was in no way similar or related to a kilt or a toga. As to it's practicality, it served the Irish of all walks of life quite well for a very long time.

St Patty's...

That'd be St. Paddy's, derived from Pádraig; "Patrick" in Irish.

would it be in bad taste to wear a kilt on this most Irish of holidays?

It was the Irish that taught the Scots to make uisce beatha. Therefore, Scotsmen and Scotch drinkers around the globe should wear their kilts on St. Patrick's Day out of sheer gratitude.

[joeybear]

Wear it as you would wear it any other day

[Bryan]

Therefore, Scotsmen and Scotch drinkers around the globe should wear their kilts on St. Patrick's Day out of sheer gratitude.

Good point. And the Scoti were an Irish tribe before colonizing Scotland.

Again, sorry for the duplicate thread. I missed the first one apparently.

[Juggalotus]

The only way the kilt would be offensive on St. Patty's Day would be if you were wearing it whilst drinking green "beer".